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BLUE RIDGE RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE v. BYRD

No. 7183.

238 F.2d 346 (1956)

BLUE RIDGE RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Inc., Appellant, v. James Earl BYRD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray R. Williams and Wesley M. Walker, Greenville, S. C. (Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann and Williams & Henry, Greenwood, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Henry Hammer, Columbia, S. C. (Henry H. Edens and William E. Chandler, Jr., Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and MOORE, District Judge.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

James Earl Byrd, an electric lineman in the employ of R. H. Bouligny, Inc., a construction company, lost both forearms on February 17, 1953, when he accidentally came in contact with a live wire while working on a construction project of Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., which was engaged in the distribution of electricity in rural areas. Byrd filed a claim against his employer under the Workmen's Compensation Act of South Carolina...

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